This document provides information about a public event and workshop on digital humanities to be held on March 22, 2011 at the Australian National University. The keynote public event will feature presentations by Professor Ray Siemens on enacting a vision for the future of digital humanities and Dr. Patrik Svensson on digital humanities as a trading zone. The workshop will bring together researchers in digital humanities to plan for establishing an Australasian professional association, including identifying priorities, principles, and a framework for the association.

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SPONSORED BY THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF THE HUMANITIES
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF BIOGRAPHY, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
ENQUIRIES E paul.arthur@anu.edu.au or kylie.brass@humanities.org.au T 02 6125 2676
THIS IS A FREE EVENT AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ALL WELCOME. NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED.
TUESDAY 22 MARCH22 MARCH22 MARCH 2011, 11.30AM-1PM, HEDLEY BULL LECTURE THEATRE HB 1
Professor Ray Siemens
Enacting a Vision for the
Future of Digital Humanities
Dr Patrik Svensson
The Digital Humanities
as a Trading Zone
RAY SIEMENS is Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing and Professor of English at the University of Victoria
with cross appointment in Computer Science. Editor of several renaissance texts and founding editor of the journal
Early Modern Literary Studies, he has written numerous articles on computational methods and literary studies and
is co-editor of Blackwell’s Companion to Digital Humanities and Companion to Digital Literary Studies. Chair, Alliance of Digital Humanities
Organisations’ Steering Committee, he is also incoming Vice President of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
PATRIK SVENSSON is Director of HUMlab at Umeå University, Sweden, where he is Senior Lecturer in humanities and
information technology. He is author and editor of books in English and Swedish including on language education, linguistics and digital
technology. Svensson has a long-term interest in the intersections between technology, learning, collaboration, innovation and creativity
in the humanities. His recent articles in Digital Humanities Quarterly, ‘Humanities Computing as
Digital Humanities’ and ‘The Landscape of Digital Humanities’ survey the international field.

2. DIGITAL HUMANITIES WORKSHOP
PROGRAM
9.30am­5.00pm, Tuesday 22 March 2011
Hedley Bull Centre, Australian National University
Sponsored by the Australian Academy of the Humanities
The workshop aims to bring together researchers in the Digital Humanities field to plan for
the establishment of an Australasian professional association.
9.00am Tea and coffee on arrival
9.30am WELCOME (Lecture Theatre HB2)
 Professor Iain McCalman FAHA, Professorial Research Fellow
and ARC Federation Fellow, University of Sydney
 Professor Mandy Thomas, Pro Vice‐Chancellor (Research and
Graduate Studies), Australian National University
9.45am OUTLINE OF THE DAY (Lecture Theatre HB2)
 Dr Paul Arthur, Deputy Director, National Centre of Biography,
Australian National University
10.00am PLANNING SESSION 1: The Australasian digital humanities landscape
(Lecture Theatre HB2)
Moderator: Professor Iain McCalman
 Short presentations (5 mins each): Hugh Craig, Jane Hunter, Ian
Johnson, Margaret Anderson, Sydney Shep and Nick Thieberger.
 Open discussion on:
o A brief history of the digital humanities in Australasia, viewed
from different disciplines and sectors
o Key issues facing the digital humanities in our region
o How best to consolidate and capitalise on current momentum
11.00am Morning tea (Seminar Room HB3)
11.30am KEYNOTE PUBLIC EVENT (Lecture Theatre HB1)
Chair/respondent: Professor Paul Turnbull, Professor of eHistory,
University of Queensland
Enacting a Vision for the Future of Digital Humanities
Professor Ray Siemens, Canada Chair of Humanities Computing,
Victoria University, Canada, & Chair, Steering Committee,
Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO)
The Digital Humanities as a Trading Zone
Dr Patrik Svensson, Director, HUMlab, Umeå University, Sweden

3. 1.00pm Lunch (Seminar Room HB3)
2.00pm PLANNING SESSION 2: Identifying priorities and principles for a
professional association (Lecture Theatre HB2)
Moderator: Professor Iain McCalman
 Short presentation of different models (Ray Siemens & Craig Bellamy)
followed by open deliberation on:
o Benefits of an association
o Aims and principles of an association
o International models
3.00pm Afternoon tea (Seminar Room HB3)
3.30pm PLANNING SESSION 3: Forming the framework for an Association
(Lecture Theatre HB2)
Moderator: Dr Paul Arthur
 Short presentation of the options (Ray Siemens & Craig Bellamy) and
open deliberation on:
o Business model
o Interim offices and working groups
o Action plan
4.30pm WRAP AND NEXT STEPS (Lecture Theatre HB2)
Moderators: Professor Iain McCalman & Dr Paul Arthur
5.00pm Drinks (Seminar Room HB3)

4. DIGITAL HUMANITIES WORKSHOP 22 MARCH 2011
PARTICIPANTS
Margaret Anderson Chair Council of Australian Museum Directors
Paul Arthur
Deputy Director, National Centre of Biography / Deputy General
Editor, Australian Dictionary of Biography Australian National University (ANU)
Mark Balnaves Senior Research Fellow in New Media Curtin University of Technology
Linda Barwick Director
PARADISEC, the Pacific and Regional Archive for
Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures
Craig Bellamy eResearch Analyst, Digital Humanities VeRSI
Tony Bennett Research Professor in Social and Cultural Theory
Centre for Cultural Research, University of
Western Sydney
Katherine Bode Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities ANU
Kylie Brass Policy and Projects Manager Australian Academy of the Humanities
Markus Buchhorn Director of Services Intersect
Jean Burgess
Senior Research Fellow in the Creative Industries Faculty, and an
Associate Researcher with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative
Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Toby Burrows Digital Services Director University of Western Australia
Mark Byron Lecturer, Department of English University of Sydney
Ross Coleman Director, eScholarship University of Sydney
Hugh Craig Director Centre for Literacy and Linguistic Computing University of Newcastle
Basil Dewhurst
Project Manager, Australian Research Data Commons Party
Infrastructure Project National Library of Australia
Debjani Ganguly
Head, Humanities Research Centre, Research School of Humanities
and the Arts ANU
Phil Graham Director, Institute of Creative Industries and Innovation QUT
Brett Hirsch Post Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies University of Western Australia
Stuart Hungerford Senior Research Analyst Australian National Data Service (ANDS)
Jane Hunter
Professorial Fellow and Leader of the eResearch Lab, School of
Information Technology and Electrical Engineering University of Queensland

5. DIGITAL HUMANITIES WORKSHOP 22 MARCH 2011
PARTICIPANTS
Ian Johnson
Director, Archaeological Computing Laboratory / Deputy Director,
Digital Innovation Unit University of Sydney
Kerry Kilner Research Fellow (Aus‐lit) University of Queensland
Iain McCalman
Professorial Research Fellow and ARC Federation Fellow,
Department of History University of Sydney
Gavan McCarthy Director, eScholarship Research Centre University of Melbourne
Steve McEachern Deputy Director Australian Social Science Data Archive
Richard Maltby Deputy Head of Faculty, Associate Dean Research Flinders University
Andrew May Associate Professor, School of Historical Studies University of Melbourne
Deb Mitchell Director Australian Social Science Data Archive
Melanie Nolan Director, National Centre of Biography ANU
Roger Osborne Project Manager Aus‐e‐Lit
Christina Parolin Executive Director Australian Academy of the Humanities
Pam Sharpe Professor, School of History and Classics University of Tasmania
Sydney Shep Senior Lecturer in Print and Book Culture Victoria University of Wellington. New Zealand
Tim Sherratt
Adjunct Associate Professor, Digital Design and Media Arts Research
Cluster, Faculty of Arts and Design University of Canberra
Ray Siemens Chair, ADHO, Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing University of Victoria, Canberra
Patrik Svensson Director, HUMlab Umeå University, Sweden
Nick Thieberger ARC QEII Researcher, Director PARADESIC University of Melbourne
Mandy Thomas Pro Vice‐Chancellor (Research and Graduate Studies) ANU
Paul Turnbull
Professor of eHistory, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and
Classics University of Queensland
Deb Verhoeven
Associate Professor, Screen Studies / Deputy Chair, National Film
and Sound Archive of Australia RMIT